The Horse & Hound Podcast 57: Paralympic dressage rider Sophie Wells | Introducing horses to traffic | News round-up

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Sophie Wells rides Pinocchio in London 2012 Paralympic Games freestyle
Sophie Wells (GBR)&Pinocchio - Individual Freestyle - Grade IV - Dressage - London 2012 Paralympic Games - Greenwich Park, London, United Kingdom - 4 September 2012
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In our 57th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, Paralympic dressage rider Sophie Wells talks to H&H senior news writer Lucy Elder about her London 2012 ride Pinocchio. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H editor Pippa Roome is joined by news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray to discuss the latest on Toyko logistics, the ethics of using horses for sport and taking horses’ mental well-being into account on end of life decisions. We also welcome Jason Webb, who specialises in starting young horses and retraining those with problems, who will be giving advice on how to introduce horses to traffic. You can check out his online training guides at yourhorsemanship.com/ We hope you will find this useful.

Episode 57 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our popular audio service available exclusively every Thursday morning for our H&H Plus subscribers is now live.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.